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BAPTISTA, Makilim Nunes  e  LIMA, Naira Ravanny de Souza. What do the depression scales evaluate? A discussion of the similarity of items. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. [online]. 2022, vol.15, n.2, e18021.  Epub 20-Jan-2025. ISSN 1983-8220.  https://doi.org/10.36298/gerais202215e18021.

This article aimed to compare scales that evaluate depression regarding the content of their items. The BDI, BDI-II, CES-D, and EBADEP-A scales were used. Jaccard’s similarity index was used for the evaluation of item overlays. A total of 37 distinct symptoms were identified in the results and the overlapping of the items indicated a similarity variation between weak (0.39) and strong (0.73). It discusses the applicability of the scales and the most appropriate use according to this characteristic and the contributions of the study to the construction of new instruments. It concludes that the similarity of the items is important, since the instruments evaluate the same construct, however, dissimilarities must be considered when choosing the instrument from the context of application and objective of the evaluation.

Palavras-chave : Depressive symptoms; BDI; BDI-II; CES-D; EBADEP-A.

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